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>> can people in a republic -- can people in south carolina and new york differ? i hope so. but can we do it in a way -- >> can they both be equal? can they both espouse equality if actually in one state you can't get married and in other -- >> he's going to answer this question this term. really that's a basic question. one, is it unconstitutional to prohibit same-sex marriage -- >> what do you think, yes or no? >> what do i think they're going to decide. >> what do you think they should decide. >> i think that marriage should be decided by the states, that means that some states should be able to prohibit same-sex marriage. >> that's the principle of the federalist belief. >> it seems so un-american to me. i'm sorry. but here's a country that stands on the grounds of freedom, democracy and equality and here you are all telling me that's fine so long as you're in the right state. i don't get that. >> i've been waiting to ask you this question. >> go on. >> if it's based on love, can three people love each other? >> can three people love each other? why would you need three
>> can people in a republic -- can people in south carolina and new york differ? i hope so. but can we do it in a way -- >> can they both be equal? can they both espouse equality if actually in one state you can't get married and in other -- >> he's going to answer this question this term. really that's a basic question. one, is it unconstitutional to prohibit same-sex marriage -- >> what do you think, yes or no? >> what do i think they're going to decide. >>...
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i talked to victims and family members, gun owners, also new york mayor and christiane amanpour and deepak chopra. they're all here. enough is nuenough. we want to hear from you too. >> good evening, this is our version of a town hall. a big conversation about guns in america. people on both sides of what very well may be the most important issue in this country. take a look at these people. they have all been touched in gun violence in some way. you can pose questions and join the conversation and the debate. have a view. i will ask questions that you put to me and raise them on air. >> i want to start with the place the pain is most acute, newtown, connecticut. where there were more funerals today. few moments ago i spoke to neil heslin, who's 6-year-old son jesse died in the shooting. >> he came late, but he was my best friend and my buddy. i'm just really lost for words. i -- we did everything together. and he had so many favorite spots. where we'd go, the diner in town here, the grocery store, for his bagel or muffin in the morning. mistyville deli where he's go to get his sandwich be
i talked to victims and family members, gun owners, also new york mayor and christiane amanpour and deepak chopra. they're all here. enough is nuenough. we want to hear from you too. >> good evening, this is our version of a town hall. a big conversation about guns in america. people on both sides of what very well may be the most important issue in this country. take a look at these people. they have all been touched in gun violence in some way. you can pose questions and join the...
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joining me is charles blow from "the new york times." the president seemed pretty fired up and he seemed pretty determined. is he going to do anything? and if he does, what is he going to do? >> that's the question. we've had at least for the last five years if not for the last ten is a dampening down of kind of discussion of people who want to see some sort of sensible gun control restrictions. and in that void, the nra and gun, pro-gun advocates have actually grown stronger. you wow would have thought maybe they saw there wasn't as much opposition and didn't have to spend much money. in fact, their spending has increased. so now you have the biggest gun control lobby is probably one people know most is the brady campaign. the nra spends about 66 times as much on lobbying as the brady campaign. and they spent during the campaign contributing to candidates 4100 times as much as the brady campaign. this has now become a one-sided discussion, and america deserves a discussion. >> this has been a tipping point. i think it was so grotesque,
joining me is charles blow from "the new york times." the president seemed pretty fired up and he seemed pretty determined. is he going to do anything? and if he does, what is he going to do? >> that's the question. we've had at least for the last five years if not for the last ten is a dampening down of kind of discussion of people who want to see some sort of sensible gun control restrictions. and in that void, the nra and gun, pro-gun advocates have actually grown stronger....
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but upstate new york, it will be over a foot. >> welcome to new york, drew griffin. >>> a tornado in mobile, alabama, knocked out power to nearly 26,000 people and a local hospital. several buildings, including a high school, church, and two dozen homes were damaged. >> well, i prayed to god as loud as i could and i was just praying for my safety. and i knew that the church was shaking. prayed that the church stayed put. >> the church is still standing, but the damage as you saw, is widespread. on the phone with us now is mobile fire rescue department public information officer, steve huffman. mr. huffman, thank you for joining us. one of the churches, trinity episcopal suffered a lot of damage. part of the roof is gone, front part of the parish is gone. and they went through a $1 million renovation. thank goodness it didn't happen when the church was packed. as daylight breaks what is the biggest challenge in terms of cleanup? >> we had public works crews working throughout the night and alabama power crews working to restore power in those affected areas. these guys -- i mean, unfo
but upstate new york, it will be over a foot. >> welcome to new york, drew griffin. >>> a tornado in mobile, alabama, knocked out power to nearly 26,000 people and a local hospital. several buildings, including a high school, church, and two dozen homes were damaged. >> well, i prayed to god as loud as i could and i was just praying for my safety. and i knew that the church was shaking. prayed that the church stayed put. >> the church is still standing, but the damage...
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let's move to this new york post front page. it was about a young guy who pushed somebody onto a train trath who got killed onto the track. should the man have taken the photograph or helped. i guess what it says about the subway system. what you do about it. >> the picture should have been published. americans have a right to see tragedy. >> we might have had two or three dead people if somebody had not tried to jump onto the track. i don't think they are safe. i think people stand too close to the edge. we probably should have barriers and areas where the fence opened. >> first i would like to point out that he was pushed by somebody who didn't have a gun. i want to say something serious here. when i was a senior in college my boyfriend was killed in a car accident and i know the way that i felt at that moment. and i cannot imagine how this poor man's family felt looking at that picture. to me knowing how devastated i was having seen the body to see his struggle for the last minutes of his life shows to respect for life. it is
let's move to this new york post front page. it was about a young guy who pushed somebody onto a train trath who got killed onto the track. should the man have taken the photograph or helped. i guess what it says about the subway system. what you do about it. >> the picture should have been published. americans have a right to see tragedy. >> we might have had two or three dead people if somebody had not tried to jump onto the track. i don't think they are safe. i think people stand...
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let's move to this "new york post" front page. it was about a young guy who pushed somebody on to a train track, who got killed. should the man have taken the photograph or helped? he said it happened too quickly. i guess what it says about the subway system in america, about that kind of crime, what do you do about it? alan dershowitz? >> the picture should have been published. americans have a right to see tragedy. we shouldn't fault anybody for not putting their lives in risk. judge not lest you be judged. and third of all, about the subways, yeah. i travel on the subways all the time. i don't think they're safe. i think people stand too close to the edge. people could easily push people on to the subway. we probably should have barriers and have a fence open where the door comes in. we should do more to protect people. >> first, i would like to point out that he was pushed by somebody who didn't have a gun. i want to say something serious here. not a lot of people know this about me. when i was a senior in college my boyfriend
let's move to this "new york post" front page. it was about a young guy who pushed somebody on to a train track, who got killed. should the man have taken the photograph or helped? he said it happened too quickly. i guess what it says about the subway system in america, about that kind of crime, what do you do about it? alan dershowitz? >> the picture should have been published. americans have a right to see tragedy. we shouldn't fault anybody for not putting their lives in...
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lou palombo, a former police officer and director of new york based security firm, and here with me in studio, tom deitz, a former atlanta area police officer. he now owns a gun shop and a shooting range, and i'm looking to both of you guys, you both have a strong and unique perspective here. so what kind of deal, what kind of deal will be acceptable to people who balk at gun control or limiting rights? first the president said to joe biden just this week, you have until january, give us your best recommendations how to stop these mass shootings. this past week democrat senator dianne feinstein told our piers morgan exactly what she wants. >> this is the straw that breaks the camel's back. people have to respond. 23 they have to understand that the rights for many to remain safe are are month important than any right you may think you have to have a military-style assault weapon. >> okay. so you heard her. sir tom, you've been a top. yot just a gun owner. you own a gun store. so this goes beyond that for you. what's your reaction to the senator's words? >> well, i don't think that the
lou palombo, a former police officer and director of new york based security firm, and here with me in studio, tom deitz, a former atlanta area police officer. he now owns a gun shop and a shooting range, and i'm looking to both of you guys, you both have a strong and unique perspective here. so what kind of deal, what kind of deal will be acceptable to people who balk at gun control or limiting rights? first the president said to joe biden just this week, you have until january, give us your...
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news corp. owns "the new york post." they're not known for their ethics. but you would think they would go out of their way to not disrespect this. >> i'm sure it is their argument, is that every form of media has been running the photograph on their front page. and there's a hypocrisy there. if you feel that strongly, don't use the darn thing. >> think of the most iconic photos ever published. the photograph of the little boy with his hands up during the holocaust. the photograph of the little girl about to be killed during the vietnam war. photography is real life. and the public has the right to see the drama, the tragedy, and the horrors. and newspapers have an obligation to report. we can debate the ethics. but the newspapers should put it out there. >> but those photos are about sending a message. you see pictures of starving children. you're trying to send a message to the rest of the world. what benefit did this photo have? what did this photo have benefit for? >> this is a debate all over america. it has been used by every form of media, who are r
news corp. owns "the new york post." they're not known for their ethics. but you would think they would go out of their way to not disrespect this. >> i'm sure it is their argument, is that every form of media has been running the photograph on their front page. and there's a hypocrisy there. if you feel that strongly, don't use the darn thing. >> think of the most iconic photos ever published. the photograph of the little boy with his hands up during the holocaust. the...
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carol roth, abbe huntsman, and charles, columnist of "the new york times." let's get to guns. another day, another atrocity. charles, what's going to happen here, if anything? i thought the most moving thing tonight was the interview of the two parents of the young woman who lost her life in aurora. they were gun owners. they're not anti-gun. that's how you have to frame this debate. america is a country with a second amendment. you have to respect the right of people to defend their families if they want it. what do we do about the proliferation of these things? these assault rifles? i don't know why anybody in america needs one of these if they're not in the military or the police. >> i think that's the problem or the challenge. we have to change our relationship to guns. that it's not about banning people's access to guns. i'm from a small town in louisiana. a farming community. people hunt. you have to keep the snakes out of the grass, the vermin out of the garden. people use that. there's probably more humane ways of doing it. and a lot of people use guns for that purpose
carol roth, abbe huntsman, and charles, columnist of "the new york times." let's get to guns. another day, another atrocity. charles, what's going to happen here, if anything? i thought the most moving thing tonight was the interview of the two parents of the young woman who lost her life in aurora. they were gun owners. they're not anti-gun. that's how you have to frame this debate. america is a country with a second amendment. you have to respect the right of people to defend their...
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for example, his brother's apartment down here in new jersey across new york up into connecticut. his mother's house where she was found dead. only about three miles away, of course, the school. to try to figure out what led him to this spot at that time because they do believe that shortly after murdering his mother, he did drive the few miles from her house to this school and emerge in this parking lot with weapons very much like these to go into the school. now, let's look at the time line of what happened. that's what they're trying to reconstruct. about 9:30 in the morning, that's when we believe based on eyewitness accounts and police radio, that he probably left his car, we think this is the one over here, based on the investigation, and came up to the front of the school. it's also when he encountered his first obstacle. because these security doors were installed to keep people out. police later said the glass had been broken out of these. that's apparently how he got into the school with those weapons. what we know for sure is based on police reports, by 9:36, we had our
for example, his brother's apartment down here in new jersey across new york up into connecticut. his mother's house where she was found dead. only about three miles away, of course, the school. to try to figure out what led him to this spot at that time because they do believe that shortly after murdering his mother, he did drive the few miles from her house to this school and emerge in this parking lot with weapons very much like these to go into the school. now, let's look at the time line...
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. >> how does he deal with being in new york and the reasonably high temperature. >> we keep him in the air conditioning. >> where do you keep him at night? >> in a hotel room. >> i'm dead serious? >> i wouldn't lie about that. >> do you sleep? >> not much. they put me in another room. >> do you ever get scared of these? >> no. >> the sad thing about this coat, piers, a guy got $80,000. >> for this coat right here. >> this animal. >> that's the tragedy. >> today it is. in the old days i is one thing, but today it is useless. >> so beautiful. >> it is beyond any animal that i have worked. the snow leopard represents what endangered species are all about. >> what a shame it is -- in a few years it could be all over. >> but right now he also has a chip in his him. he will go to the ssp with the zoo association. >> this is the uglier market. >> this is an animal that has been used by settlers and pioneers the beaver. >> this is the beaver that bit you. >> this is a beaver but not exactly like this. ever touch a beaver? >> no. >>. >> is it wieds given. >> back here you can touch him. >> i ju
. >> how does he deal with being in new york and the reasonably high temperature. >> we keep him in the air conditioning. >> where do you keep him at night? >> in a hotel room. >> i'm dead serious? >> i wouldn't lie about that. >> do you sleep? >> not much. they put me in another room. >> do you ever get scared of these? >> no. >> the sad thing about this coat, piers, a guy got $80,000. >> for this coat right here. >>...
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we know according to the "new york times" most football -- most nfl players according to the "new york times" own firearms for protection, for the same reason that everybody else, that half the households in america own firearms for lawful protection. you know, you talk about -- >> right, but there is, as you know -- >> -- you never cover self-defense cases that happen all over this country, too, and were in the newspaper. i have a stack of them right next to me here. those never get on your show. you only talk about the people who misuse the guns and never about the people like the 79-year-old grandmother in houston or the young mother in oklahoma who defended her 3 month old baby from intruders coming into her house. there is a good side and a bad side to guns and you focus only on the bad side. >> well, no, i don't, because statistically as you well know, the prevalence of gun incidents when people have guns in the home in a domestic sense where they go off accidentally or they take them against their partners or whatever it may be, is dramatically increased if you have guns in the
we know according to the "new york times" most football -- most nfl players according to the "new york times" own firearms for protection, for the same reason that everybody else, that half the households in america own firearms for lawful protection. you know, you talk about -- >> right, but there is, as you know -- >> -- you never cover self-defense cases that happen all over this country, too, and were in the newspaper. i have a stack of them right next to me...
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they canceled their plans to meet for a holiday celebration in new york city, every single one of them came home instead. >> we've all been such good friends such a long time. we all grew up here. and it's so close-knit, this community. everyone kind of has each other's backs and does whatever it can to help each other out. >> we will be leaving newtown to give this small town its streets back. for the residents here to grieve and share together. but we're not going to stop covering this or talking about it in honor of those who died to make those in power take action to stop anything like this from happening again. "piers morgan starts now." >>> tonight, two more funerals, two more impossibly small coffins what will america do to stop a madman. >> i am a supporter of the second amendment. but i believe it's time for us to move a different direction. >> and the congresswoman who lost her husband in the long island railroad shooting. >>> also, i'll go one-on-one with a gun advocate who said that lawmakers who vote for gun control have blood on their hands. could he be serious? >>> and w
they canceled their plans to meet for a holiday celebration in new york city, every single one of them came home instead. >> we've all been such good friends such a long time. we all grew up here. and it's so close-knit, this community. everyone kind of has each other's backs and does whatever it can to help each other out. >> we will be leaving newtown to give this small town its streets back. for the residents here to grieve and share together. but we're not going to stop covering...
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if you compare any comparable area, new york to london, fax county to oxford, any comparable count, the united states with any comparable county, in europe or most parts of asia, you will find a tremendous difference between gun crimes and those gun crimes are not only associated with massive and unrestricted gun ownership but are caused by -- take another country, for example, israel, where obviously people need to have guns, there's terrorism. and there's almost no gun crime at all. in order to get a gun in israel, you have to have a 60-day waiting period. you have to take a mental health exam. you got to go to shooting ranges and pass a test. you can only get 50 bullets and that's a lifetime supply. there are enormous restrictions in that country that obviously needs a law. it's cultural, it's that part of the culture is caring more about winning over our children than -- >> what i find extraordinary is the callousness of politicians in america. i don't understand why some of them aren't prepared to literally stick their necks out and say, i've had enough of this. there are so few of
if you compare any comparable area, new york to london, fax county to oxford, any comparable count, the united states with any comparable county, in europe or most parts of asia, you will find a tremendous difference between gun crimes and those gun crimes are not only associated with massive and unrestricted gun ownership but are caused by -- take another country, for example, israel, where obviously people need to have guns, there's terrorism. and there's almost no gun crime at all. in order...